Thursday, August 04, 2005

Leg update. Heartbreak hill here I come

I saw a DR tonight who pushed my fibula hard and told me that no way did I have a stress fracture. This Dr has no fibula after having it removed years ago apparently. Nice scar.

He said what I have is probably an oedema.

Oedema means that too much fluid, mainly water, has accumulated in the body. The term comes from a Greek word meaning ‘a swollen condition’.The accumulation of fluid may be in a particular location or it may be in several places in the body.

So it's back to lots of hot and cold to try and get rid of the swelling and a long taper for C2S for me to be on the safe side.

I knew myself the pain couldn't be bad enough to be a break, but it just looks horridly swollen like a really bad rolled ankle.

You may see me at a race before C2S, depends on how I am feeling. Good news anyway.

3 comments:

If it makes you feel any better, when I had my stress fracture there was no visible evidence of it. ie no swelling, bruising etc... So in my layman's knowledge a SF doesn't usually cause swelling/bruising.

A break however will probably cause swelling. But if you apply direct pressure onto the bone and not jump through the roof with pain it's unlikely to be a bone issue.